PROPOSITIONS
Seedy Scottish landlords are getting round Craigslist blocks on “sex-for-rent” adverts by using creepy code words.
Craigslist has come under fire for allowing homeowners to exploit desperate tenants with sleazy propositions in lieu of rent and bills payments.
Craigslist confirmed it used “custom-built filters” to screen posts using words like “sex” that target flathunters.
But a probe by The Times has uncovered several Scottish adverts offering rent-free accommodation “arrangements” while using euphemisms like “fun” or “favors”.
When approached by an undercover reporter, the landlords demanded sex as a payment for housing.
One advert from East Kilbride said: “I am looking for a house boy, free accommodation sharing my one-bed flat… all bills included in exchange for some fun.”
Another, which targeted women aged 21 to 45 years old, said: “We can come to arrangement that will allow you to stay rent-free.”
More explicit adverts have also appeared on the site, but some get caught by the Craigslist filters.
One post which was only online for a short while saw a 40-year-old man looking for a student or “struggling” woman to share his room in Glasgow.
The advert read: “I’m looking for a single female who would like to move in and share my room with me for free in exchange for regular sex.
“Will suit a student and anyone who is struggling just now.”
Homelessness charity Shelter found in 2018 that more than 250,000 women in England had been asked for sexual favours by landlords in place of rent in the five previous years.
In a report by Shelter Scotland, Living Rent estimated around 1,000-2,000 Scottish women had received sex-for-rent propositions during that time.
In England, these adverts are illegal under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 but Scottish cases are dependent on individual circumstances in each case.
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